• Bitcoin and the American Idea

    ALEX GLADSTEIN , JUL 4, 2021 – Has America strayed from its founding ideals? An activist and a refugee think Bitcoin can help it get back on track.

    October 23, 2021
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  • The Quest for Digital Cash

    ALEX GLADSTEIN, OCT 13, 2021 – How Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin project married the concepts of digital cash and digital gold and how pioneering cryptographer Adam Back continues the work of making it a better tool for freedom.

    October 14, 2021
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  • WTF happened in 1971?

    “I don’t believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can’t take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly, roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop.” – F.A. Hayek 1984

    October 10, 2021
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  • Why Progressives Should Love Bitcoin: An Open Letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren

    SAMANTHA MESSING, AUG 13, 2021 – Dear Senator Warren,

    I am a fan. I think you are very smart, and you genuinely care about building a more equitable society.

    But respectfully, when you talk about Bitcoin, you sound silly.

    Bitcoin is not powered by a “shadowy faceless group of super coders.” It is not a “scam,” it is not “bogus private digital money,” it is not “highly opaque,” and it is not built to “assist criminals.”

    August 13, 2021
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